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I l'J'JHElEt WENTWORTH, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

LATHE Fon. TURNING FANCY nANDLEs, ae.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 12,224, dated Januaryv 9, 1855. y

To all' whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I,l LUTHER WENTWORTH, of Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lathes for Tur-ning Fancy Handle, Chair-Legs, and otherAr-ticles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact def scription of the same, reference being had to they accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l, isa plan of a lathe constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2, is a lone gitudinal vertical section through the center. Fig. 3, is a transverse section. y

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts vin the several figures.

In the lathe which forms the subject of thisl invention, the stick being turned, does not revolve, but is moved longitudinally toward and through "a revolvingV hollow mandrel which carries the cutters to. reduce it'to the proper size and shape.

My invention consists, firstly, in a certain arrangement of cutters to be thrown in and out ofoperation for the purpose of turning moldings, or otherwise turning the stick at intervals, as may be desired ;l and. secondly, in a certain mode of applying and operating av saw near one end of the mandrel, for the purpose of cutting off the handles, or other articles from the stick, as they severally emerge from the mandrel in a finished state.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, is the lathe bed, which may be of the usual form. A part only of the hed is repre sented, the remainder, .which may be continiiel'to any lengthfrom theleft hand of Figs. ll and 2, being broken away.

B, is the mandrel head, and C, the hollow mandrel, carrying the fixed cutters, e, b), at the entrance, or right hand end, ,or reducingthe stick to the vrequired size, and the movable cutters, (c, d), which are for turning moldingS O11 the ends and dierent parts of theA length of they article.4 The movable cutter is attached to an arm, D, which is attached t0.- a Collar. E. Which svottpololo 0f .Sliding l.@1.1.gthWStv on tho mandrel, but is prevented from turning thereon by V shapedv uldo pooes, (d, d), Secured tothe mandrel. ead, and fitting to grooves in the collar.`

vThis arm, D, is fitted to a groove (c)l in the mandrel, and is attached to. the collar. E", in`

siich a way as to becapable of sliding` with. it lengthwise on the mandrel, and. at.' the. .same time to turn with the mandrel, by.

moans of tWo anglo platos (y, 97)), one of which g) is sunk in the groove (e). to fit within the collar. 'Both ofthese plates have lips fitting up to oppositeV sidesof the col;` lar, andr they are secured together, loya screw, (it). ,The arm, D, is hinged'toi/talige.l

plate so as to .allow the cutter tol `move toward, and `from the center ofthe.y

mandrel; and inorder thatthis movement,

toward and from ,the` center ofy thel mandrel may be produoed'by the movement oft-ho collar lengthwise upon the mandrel; as indicated by the changes. ofposilti'on yof the parts representedin Fig. 2., a portion offy Ithe arm near the cutter isinclined to form Aan angle of,y about 45. with the otherfpart, andin one or-both sides of this inclined.y part, is a groove (i) to receive the endoffa pin (j) which isy inserted in the mandrel, to.

enter the said groove, to direct, the move.- ment of thev cutter obliquely in out.

The collar, E, has attached to it,.a`, rod, F,

which runs longitudinally below the man,- drel head in guides (lo, 70"). attached tof-the.v

lathe bed; and carries a block, Gr, in which' is secured a second rod, H, which carries ,atl one extremity, a roller (l) which works` in `contact with the periphery of a cani, I., se

cured to the lower feed roller, J, which feeds the stick-to the mandrel. The roller (Z) is always kept in contact with thisl cam by vmeans of a weight, K, suspended from a.

cord or chain, which is'attached to the collar, E, and passes over aroller Whit-Ihr works in fixed bearings on thel lathehed.

The roller, J, isv of a circumference exactly equal to the length of the stick to be tiirned;l

so as to make one revolution in moving the stick the length of one of' the articlesvk to he turned, and 'therefore by giving a proper `form to the cam, I, the'collar, E, may/be,- oaused to move along the mandrel, to throw the toolv (c) nto or out of operation upon."

the stick, in such manner as to produce a number of articles of similar profile form. The movable cutter, (@Z) is attached to an arm, (D), which works in a groove (e) on the mandrel, and is attached to a collar, E', similar to E, in the same manner as, D', is attached to, E, except that the hinge is dispensed with,l by leaving play'enough in the attachment of the arm to the collar, to allow of the necessary vibration. The collar, E has attached to it, a rod, F, which runs longitudinally below the mandrel head in guides (7c, le) on the opposite side to, F, and carries a block, G', in which is secured a rod, H, carrying a roller (Z) which is held in contact with a cam, I on the opposite side of the roller, J, to the cam, I, by means ofa weight K, arranged like K. The cutter, (cl) has the same movement as that of (c) except that it is thrown toward the center of the mandrel, and into operation, by

' the movement of the roller (Z) toward the center of the cam, I', while (c) is similarly operated by a movement of the roller (l) from the center of the cam, I.

The stu to be turned is cut into sticks of exactly a proper length to make one, two, Vthree or more handles, or articles, and these sticks are fed in by hand, closely following one another, between the feed rolls, J, K, L,

4which conduct them straight toward, and into the mandrel. They are guided laterally by a rigid guide (o) and an elastic guide (p) attached to the lathe bed. The mandrel receives rotary motion through any convenient means, and the articles are reduced to a cyl- 'indricalform, by the action of the cutters hand end, they are seized bet-Ween two rollers (g, g) which are `hung in swinging gates, M, 'M, and drawn toward each other by a weight, N, attached to the said gates by a cord (s) or chain, passing over a roller (t). This roller carries `the stick on toward the rotary saw, S, which cuts oif the finished articles. Y

The rotary saw, S, for cutting the nished articles vfrom the stick as they emerge from the hollow mandrel, is arranged at a short distance to the left of the rollers, (g, g). The spindle, T, of this saw is huno` in a gate, U, which swings from a shaft l?, which is j hungV parallel with the mandrel in fixed bearings (u, u) on the lathe bed. This gate Y is weighted at, WV, on the opposite side of the shaft, V, to where the saw is placed, for the V purpose o f throwing the saw up to such a position, (represented in Fig. 3,) that unless the weighted end of the gate be lifted by some means, it cannot come in Contact with *which works on a fulcrum (y) outside the frame, and throws up the other end of the lever, which supports the weighted end of the gate, and by thus lifting the said weighted end throws down the saw into operation on the stick. Though the saw performs its duty very quickly, and the wiper soon passes the lever, and allows the weighted end of the gate to descend and raise the saw, it is necessary, owing to the continued longitudinal movement of the stick, to provide for the movement of the saw along with it, and for this purpose the saw spindle is allowed a certain extent of longitudinal movement, and for this purpose its journals are made longer than their bearings, and a spring (w) is attached to the gate, to act against one end of the spindle to drive it in a contrary direction to the direction of the longitudinal movement of the stick while the saw is in operation, and thus allow the latter, yto move with the former, but as soon as the saw is raised clear of the stick, after having done its duty, it is returned by the spring to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Y

Having thus fully described my invention, I will proceed to state what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

l. I do not claim the revolving mandrel, carrying cutters, to revolve around the'work while the cutter is stationary. But I claim the within described mode of arranging and operating the cutters (o) and (d) that is to say, attaching them to arms, D, and, D', which revolve with the mandrel, and are attached to collars, E, and E', which are allowed to slide upon the mandrel but not permitted to turn with it, and so guiding the said arms by the inclinedV slots and studs (j) or their equivalents, that the sliding movement of the collars upon the mandrel, produced by cams I, I, or pattern wheels, will move the cutters to and from the center of the work for the purpose of turning moldings or grooves, at intervals or giving an irregular profile to the article being turned, as herein fully set forth.

2. I do not claim hanging a rotary saw in a swinging gate, nor allowing the saw spindle a longitudinal movement, under the control of a spring, but I claim a saw, S, arranged as described upon the lathe in a swinging gate, U, which is weighted at, W,

opposite the saw, to throw the saw to an driven as to make one revolution, while the y inoperative position, but which is tilted to stick moves the length of one of the articles throw the saw into operation at the proper to be turned, as herein set forth. time to cut off the nished articles from the LUTHER WENTWORTH. 5 stick, by means of a lever, X, actuated by a Witnesses:

wiper (o) on a wheel, Y, which is attached WILLIAM H. STARR, to one of the feed rolls, or otherwise so E. D. JAGGAR. 

